Planning application
St George's Oval Cappadocia Way Bolton BL5 2GG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
INSTALLATION OF TWO PADEL COURTS, INCLUDING ENCLOSURE BOARDS, SYNTHETIC PLAYING SURFACE AND LIGHTING
As published by the council, reference 00934/26
Application record
- Reference
- 00934/26
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve subject to conditions
- Received
- 21 May 2026
- Validated
- 28 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 30 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Westhoughton South
- Parish
- Westhoughton Town Council
- Postcode
- BL5 2GG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 May 2026
Received by Bolton
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28 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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11 Oct 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Deposited.
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30 Oct 2026
Decision issued: Approve subject to conditions
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30 Oct 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Awaiting decision.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
- comments Sport England
- Proposed Site Plan
- Planning Statement
- GREATER MANCHESTER ECOLOGY UNIT
- SPORT ENGLAND
- SPORT ENGLAND
- Highways Engineering
- Westhoughton TC Comments
- Noise Assessment
- Lighting Assessment
- BNG Metric
- BNG Condition Assessment
- PROPOSED DRAWINGS
- Neighbour Consultation Plan
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- ApplicationFormRedacted
- 26167.000 - P1 - SITE LOCATION PLAN
- 26167.001 - P1 - PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- BNG ASSESSMENT
- TECHNICAL INFO
- PEA APPENDIX 1 MAP 1 UKHABS SURVEY
- PEA APPENDIX 2 STATUTORY_BIODIVERSITY_METRIC_CONDITION_ASSESSMENTS_-_JULY_2025
- SUPPORT LETTER WESTHOUGHTON CRICKET CLUB
- 26167.002 - P1 - EXISTING SITE PLAN (LOCALISED)
- 26167.001 - P1 - EXISTING SITE PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Bolton granted permission on 30 October 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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